UBC Journalism 'On The Beat'
Six worshipers followed a nun’s lead in a slow procession, their palms pressed together in front of them. Their chanting echoed off the temple walls. A thin line of smoke rose from an incense pot in the centre of the hall while gold Buddha statues, surrounded by flowers, glistened in the sun. The middle statue […]
Children’s screams reverberated from the Henry Anderson Elementary School on Monday afternoon as two large dogs ripped through the school playground. The children were playing outside during their lunch break when they saw the rottweilers racing toward them. Many children ran to the school while teachers and older students tried to chase the dogs off […]
The Summer Night Market in Richmond was a celebration of love and cheap foreign goods. Five dollars were enough to buy a pair of Korean socks, a “don’t eat eraser”, and a curry fish ball with dried pig skin and radish. Despite the low prices, there were more people holding hands than there were people […]
The community’s entire arsenal of megaphones could not get the boys off the basketball courts. They jumped, dribbled, ducked and swivelled to get to the hoops. The girls stood on the bleachers, watched the players and chewed pink cotton candy. In the background, adults huddled together to revise their event strategy. Whenever they managed to […]
A young girl in yellow rain boots was dragging a dead fish by its tail. She seemed peculiarly out of place until a toddler caught up to her, carrying the same load. The children’s parents were close behind, energetically swinging their own bags with fish. Their family venture had either an educational – a sign […]
